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No. 3 Stanford and No. 5 Pacific will square off for the second time in eight days this Sunday at 12 p.m. in Stockton. Sunday's contest can be seen live online RIGHT HERE.

The Cardinal (7-1) and Tigers (8-1) were matched up in the same group at this past weekend's NorCal Invitational, meeting in Saturday afternoon's second round. Behind Forrest Watkins' goal with 1:17 remaining in the second overtime session Stanford pulled out a 9-8 victory over Pacific. It was the second goal of the game for Watkins, and the Cardinal was also helped by four goals from Bret Bonanni, two from Conner Cleary and one from BJ Churnside.

The Cardinal, which entered the tournament ranked fifth in the nation, fell to 8-7 in overtime to top-ranked USC Sunday morning but finished the tournament strong, taking a 12-10 decision from No. 3 California to claim third place at the event.

Junior utility Alex Bowen scored 13 goals over the weekend highlighted by a six-goal showing in the victory over California. Bonanni scored 14 times including three four-goal performances.

On the defensive end freshman Drew Holland faced down some of the nation's top teams, making 12 saves in Saturday's win over the Tigers then cominig back with 14 against USC Sunday morning. For the weekend Holland made 35 saves.

Pacific rebounded from the loss to the Cardinal to win both of its Sunday games and finish fifth. Featuring reigning Peter J. Cutino Award winner Balazs Erdelyi (33 goals) along with Goran Tomasevic (28) and Alex Obert (14) on the attack, and Alex Malkis in the cage (11.06 saves per game, 6.89 goals-against average), the Tigers are considered by many a dark horse pick to finish in the top four of the MPSF and threaten for an at-large berth to the National Collegiate Championship.